Overview (Java SE 11 & JDK 11 ) (original) (raw)

This document is divided into two sections:

Java SE

The Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) APIs define the core Java platform for general-purpose computing. These APIs are in modules whose names start with java.

JDK

The Java Development Kit (JDK) APIs are specific to the JDK and will not necessarily be available in all implementations of the Java SE Platform. These APIs are in modules whose names start with jdk.

All Modules Java SE JDK Other Modules

Module Description
java.base Defines the foundational APIs of the Java SE Platform.
java.compiler Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.
java.datatransfer Defines the API for transferring data between and within applications.
java.desktop Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.
java.instrument Defines services that allow agents to instrument programs running on the JVM.
java.logging Defines the Java Logging API.
java.management Defines the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API.
java.management.rmi Defines the RMI connector for the Java Management Extensions (JMX) Remote API.
java.naming Defines the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API.
java.net.http Defines the HTTP Client and WebSocket APIs.
java.prefs Defines the Preferences API.
java.rmi Defines the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) API.
java.scripting Defines the Scripting API.
java.se Defines the API of the Java SE Platform.
java.security.jgss Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).
java.security.sasl Defines Java support for the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
java.smartcardio Defines the Java Smart Card I/O API.
java.sql Defines the JDBC API.
java.sql.rowset Defines the JDBC RowSet API.
java.transaction.xa Defines an API for supporting distributed transactions in JDBC.
java.xml Defines the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), the Streaming API for XML (StAX), the Simple API for XML (SAX), and the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API.
java.xml.crypto Defines the API for XML cryptography.
jdk.accessibility Defines JDK utility classes used by implementors of Assistive Technologies.
jdk.attach Defines the attach API.
jdk.charsets Provides charsets that are not in java.base (mostly double byte and IBM charsets).
jdk.compiler Defines the implementation of thesystem Java compiler and its command line equivalent, javac.
jdk.crypto.cryptoki Provides the implementation of the SunPKCS11 security provider.
jdk.crypto.ec Provides the implementation of the SunEC security provider.
jdk.dynalink Defines the API for dynamic linking of high-level operations on objects.
jdk.editpad Provides the implementation of the edit pad service used by jdk.jshell.
jdk.hotspot.agent Defines the implementation of the HotSpot Serviceability Agent.
jdk.httpserver Defines the JDK-specific HTTP server API.
jdk.jartool Defines tools for manipulating Java Archive (JAR) files, including the jar and_jarsigner_ tools.
jdk.javadoc Defines the implementation of thesystem documentation tool and its command line equivalent, javadoc.
jdk.jcmd Defines tools for diagnostics and troubleshooting a JVM such as the jcmd, jps,jstat tools.
jdk.jconsole Defines the JMX graphical tool, jconsole, for monitoring and managing a running application.
jdk.jdeps Defines tools for analysing dependencies in Java libraries and programs, including the jdeps,javap, and_jdeprscan_ tools.
jdk.jdi Defines the Java Debug Interface.
jdk.jdwp.agent Provides the implementation of the Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) agent.
jdk.jfr Defines the API for JDK Flight Recorder.
jdk.jlink Defines the jlink tool for creating run-time images, the jmod tool for creating and manipulating JMOD files, and the jimage tool for inspecting the JDK implementation-specific container file for classes and resources.
jdk.jshell This module provides support for Java Programming Language 'snippet' evaluating tools, such as Read-Eval-Print Loops (REPLs), including the jshell tool.
jdk.jsobject Defines the API for the JavaScript Object.
jdk.jstatd Defines the jstatd tool for starting a daemon for the jstat tool to monitor JVM statistics remotely.
jdk.localedata Provides the locale data for locales other than US locale.
jdk.management Defines JDK-specific management interfaces for the JVM.
jdk.management.agent Defines the JMX management agent.
jdk.management.jfr Defines the Management Interface for JDK Flight Recorder.
jdk.naming.dns Provides the implementation of the DNS Java Naming provider.
jdk.naming.rmi Provides the implementation of the RMI Java Naming provider.
jdk.net Defines the JDK-specific Networking API.
jdk.pack Defines tools for transforming a JAR file into a compressed pack200 file and transforming a packed file into a JAR file, including the_pack200_ and_unpack200_ tools.
jdk.rmic Defines the rmic compiler for generating stubs and skeletons using the Java Remote Method Protocol (JRMP) for remote objects.
jdk.scripting.nashorn Provides the implementation of Nashorn script engine and the runtime environment for programs written in ECMAScript 5.1.
jdk.sctp Defines the JDK-specific API for SCTP.
jdk.security.auth Provides implementations of the javax.security.auth.* interfaces and various authentication modules.
jdk.security.jgss Defines JDK extensions to the GSS-API and an implementation of the SASL GSSAPI mechanism.
jdk.xml.dom Defines the subset of the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API that is not part of the Java SE API.
jdk.zipfs Provides the implementation of the zip file system provider.